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词语

cí yǔ · ci yu

Traditional 詞語

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
  2. term (e.g. technical term)
  3. expression
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Words on the hand

  1. Leon

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)学(xué)一些(yīxiē)新(xīn)词语(cíyǔ)。

    I want to learn some new words.

  2. Dengdeng

    每天(měitiān)学(xué)三个(sāngè)词语(cíyǔ)，怎么样(zěnmeyàng)。

    How about three words every day?

  3. Leon

    太少(tàishǎo)了(le)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)每天(měitiān)学(xué)十个(shígè)词语(cíyǔ)。

    Too few. I want ten words every day.

  4. Liangliang

    学(xué)太多(tàiduō)会(huì)忘(wàng)。

    If you learn too many, you will forget.

  5. Leon

    没关系(méiguānxi)，我(wǒ)会(huì)写(xiě)在(zài)手上(shǒushàng)。

    No problem. I write them on my hand.

  6. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)昨天(zuótiān)写(xiě)在(zài)手上(shǒushàng)的(de)词语(cíyǔ)，已经(yǐjīng)洗掉(xǐdiào)了(le)。

    The words you wrote on your hand yesterday have washed off.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

“旗(qí)袍(páo)”这(zhè)个(gè)词(cí)语(yǔ)在(zài)中(zhōng)国(guó)北(běi)方(fāng)广(guǎng)为(wéi)使(shǐ)用(yòng)。

The term "qipao" is widely used in Northern China.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

只(zhǐ)可(kě)惜(xī)那(nà)些(xiē)美(měi)妙(miào)的(de)词(cí)语(yǔ)并(bìng)非(fēi)出(chū)于(yú)我(wǒ)手(shǒu)。

Unfortunately those beautiful words are not my own.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by monahxo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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词
cí

word; statement; speech; lyrics

语
yǔ

dialect; language

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